Daily Bullets: Smart’s stats have been ridiculous since returning

Hoops

During the last five regular season games, after his return to the lineup, Smart averaged 19.8 points, 6.4 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 4.5 steals per contest. (Sports Illustrated)

Remember, the Cowboys were ranked No. 8 in the preseason. Now they’re a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament. A Round of 64 loss won’t play well in Stillwater. (CBS Sports)

I agree with this about Forte being the x-factor even though I don’t think he should be. Think about that, a team with three elite scorers in the paint relies on a short white guy to win them games by hitting a bunch of bombs… (NewsOK)

Smart: “This team has suffered a lot of ups and downs. We’re just trying to focus on the positive notes and everything we have going for ourselves. We’ve been playing pretty good basketball, and hopefully we can continue that in the tournament.” (Tulsa World)

Ford: “At this time last year, we didn’t have anyone who had played an NCAA Tournament game, so hopefully with last year’s experience, our guys will have a better understanding of what to expect.” (NewsOK)

This is a bit of a bummer, the Final Four of teams that have spent the most money. OSU is in it. h/t Rob Griffin1 (Forbes)

Viewer’s guide to the best sports day of the year (besides the final round of the Masters). (CBS Sports)

This infographic showing upsets by round by year is just amazing. CBS is crushing with its coverage (not a homer!)2 (CBS Sports)

Come on Kyle, that Wickline quote is a little misleading in the context of everything else he said. He immediately praised OSU’s staff and the people of Stillwater and Oklahoma and then gave credit to them for putting him in a position to take the Texas job. Really, what should we reasonably expect him to say, “Yeah, it was really hard, and I hope I don’t regret taking the position at Texas”?

Mark

I don’t think Kyle is trying to misleading anyone beyond perking their interest to click on the link.

OSU-Bill

Obviously.

Mark

I would be so despondent if we switched to orange turf…. I’d have to find a new team to root for… it would have to be one from another state though. LOL at the Bryce Petty crack. LOL

The Deadspin ‘bitchy’ bracket was a hilarious read. I dunno, or care, about who wrote it, but dang if he didn’t spend some time on the thing. Goodness!